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Insects a Prime Driver in Plant Evolution and Diversity
October 4, 2012 — Take a good look around on your next nature hike. Not only are you experiencing the wonders of the outdoors -- you're probably also witnessing evolution in ... > full story -
Cost-Efficient Method Developed for Maximizing Benefits from Wine Waste
September 25, 2012 — A new study shows that grape skin and seeds generated from winemaking -- known as wine pomace -- are a good source of antioxidant dietary fiber and can be used to fortify various food products such ... > full story -
Growing Corn to Treat Rare Disease
September 21, 2012 — The seeds of greenhouse-grown corn could hold the key to treating a rare, life-threatening childhood genetic disease, according to ... > full story -
New Uses for Old Tools Could Boost Biodiesel Output
September 20, 2012 — Tried-and-true techniques could help optimize oilseed yield for biodiesel production, according to recent ... > full story -
Modern DNA Techniques Applied to Nineteenth-Century Potatoes
September 19, 2012 — Researchers have used modern DNA techniques on late nineteenth-century potatoes to show how the potato blight may have survived between cropping seasons after the Irish potato famine of the ... > full story -
Teamwork in the Tropics: Pollinators and Frugivores Are Less Choosy at the Equator
September 14, 2012 — The bright crimson Andean cock-of-the-rock eats the fruits of over 100 plant species and disperses their seeds. It is in good company, since other seed-dispersing birds and pollinating insects in the ... > full story -
Rare Cliffhanging Plant Species Uses Unique Reproductive Strategy With Ants
September 12, 2012 — The Borderea chouardii plant, which is critically endangered and is found only on two adjacent cliff sides in the Pyrenees, employs a unique and risky doubly mutualistic reproductive strategy with ... > full story -
Galápagos Tomato Provides Key to Making Cultivated Tomatoes Resistant to Whitefly
September 12, 2012 — The whitefly is a major problem for open field tomato cultivation throughout the world. Scientists in the Netherlands together with a number of partners have discovered genes for resistance to the ... > full story -
'New England Banksia' a Distinct Species, Botany Student Shows
August 28, 2012 — The New England Banksia is largely restricted to the eastern edge of the New England Tableland, and is common in places along Waterfall Way. Researchers have raised this flowering plant, until now ... > full story -
Method to Simplify Production of Proteins Used in Many Types of Drugs Developed
August 28, 2012 — Engineering researchers have developed a method to simplify the pharmaceutical production of proteins used in drugs that treat a variety of diseases and health conditions, including diabetes, cancer, ... > full story
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